Hold for Questioning

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Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature or planeswalker

When this Aura enters, tap enchanted permanent and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "Magic the Gathering symbol, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.

qSamuel Perin
standard
Not Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
explorer
Not Legal
modern
Not Legal
historic
Not Legal
standard brawl
Not Legal
historic brawl
Not Legal
timeless
Not Legal

Rulings

Static and triggered abilities are unaffected by Hold for Questioning.
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Loyalty abilities are a type of activated ability, so Hold for Questioning will prevent an enchanted planeswalker's loyalty abilities being activated.
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Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
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The permanent can be untapped by other spells and abilities.
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You can enchant a permanent that is already tapped with Hold for Questioning. If you do, it doesn't become tapped again, but you will still investigate.
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